Headquartered in Seattle, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a full service law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in offices across the United States and China.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to provide administrative support to DWT's diversity & inclusion initiatives. The ideal candidate is curious, enthusiastic, outgoing, and driven with an outstanding service focus and sense of urgency to achieve results. They would exhibit strong intellectual curiosity and demonstrate a passion for process improvement and excellent project management capabilities as well as an adaptability and willingness to work together with different personalities in order to move firm initiatives forward in an efficient, diplomatic manner.

Maintain intranet web pages for affinity groups and the D&I Committee with accurate news and information and coordinate with marketing/website team to ensure external website content is current and accurate.

Provide administrative and logistical support for events and programs hosted by affinity groups and the D&I Committee, such as internal trainings and workshops, networking mixers, and attorney development programs.

As requested, collect and prepare diversity-related statistical information for surveys, RFPs, and other similar attorney requests.

Create PowerPoint slides illustrating statistical trends and other diversity-related information for presentations to and by the D&I Committee.

Monitor daily news sources, studies, and other external publications for news and developments that are relevant to the D&I Committee's goals and progress and relaying important, timely information to colleagues.

Support lateral attorney integration and retention by making and tracking mentor and peer liaison relationships.

Maintain communications between Professional Development, HR, Accounting and IST departments to ensure critical data and other information is shared and provided in support of department and firm needs.

Assist in coordinating department projects, including, but not limited to: performance management; career development planning; mentoring; lateral integration; coaching; and user dashboards, using the viDesktop suite of programs.

Collaborate with team members to improve current programs and processes, including Path to Partnership, lateral integration, practice development plans, mentoring, etc.

Assist with various projects as necessary, including surveys, researching and analyzing internal and external data and trends.

Create and update internal internet/portal pages as needed.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE:

2+ years' experience providing administrative support required; experience in a law firm, agency or professional services organization a plus.

Demonstrated proficiency with the full suite of MS Office products, with particular strength in manipulating data in Excel.

Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, with all levels of a professional services organization.

Exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills to respond to a diverse user group required.

Ability to handle stressful situations in a calm, composed manner.

Demonstrated strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and work well in an environment with constant changes.

Ability to work with highly confidential information.

Ability to take initiative in a fast-paced environment and work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Superior organizational skills.

Ability to analyze problems and propose solutions with a focus on results.

Ability to work independently while also working as a strong team player.

Demonstrated experience with data management software.

This position description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities.

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The List that Shaped a Legacy
Davis Wright Tremaine is dedicated to providing excellent legal services, and delivering them in a manner customized to each client’s particular needs and preferences.
This commitment has remained intact for decades as the firm has grown across the nation and to China. Today, Davis Wright is a full-service firm with approximately 500 lawyers in nine offices on t...he east and west coasts of the United States and in Shanghai. We are recognized for excellence in a broad number of areas, with 89 of our attorneys across 31 practice areas cited as leaders in their fields in the most recent Chambers USA guide, and over 140 of our attorneys across 56 practice areas included in the 2015 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."
Focused on the Future
While we honor and have great regard for our history, Davis Wright is focused on the future of providing legal services. We believe the future will reward those lawyers and firms that innovate and persist in tuning their services to the real-life, changing business needs of their clients. The ability to deliver customized excellence is based on listening to and understanding our clients, and being sufficiently flexible to adapt our approach to the client’s needs in the context of the particular situation in which we were hired. That involves talking with our clients, learning what their success measures are, and collaborating with them to ensure our service helps them accomplish those measures.
This always involves excellent lawyering but it also includes:
deep industry knowledge,
gains in efficiency in performing work that does not require a customized solution, or
the application of technology to reduce cycle time and improve quality.
How We Work with Clients
We use a number of techniques to ensure we understand our clients. We use client teams to enhance communication and collaboration among our lawyers, to advance our understanding of our clients’ business objectives, and to confirm with clients that our service model is aligned with their needs. Each year, we conduct dozens of face-to-face client service interviews, led by senior members of the firm, to solicit specific feedback on our lawyers and work, and to understand how, from the client’s perspective, we can improve. And, on a daily basis, we expect our lawyers to deliver value that includes not just excellent legal service but also business insight, user-friendliness, and flawless support.
We believe the way we work with clients is a distinctive feature of the firm and we make it a priority to reinforce its importance.
Teams That Collaborate
In terms of our services, we supplement depth and strength in the core legal functions of litigation, business transactions, intellectual property, and employment with nationally-recognized, broadly-based teams focused on a number of highly regulated industries—including communications, media, financial services, health care, energy, and hospitality. These teams collaborate effectively to provide a unified legal solution that is well-informed by the particular business and regulatory circumstances that influence our clients’ businesses and the legal work they need.
We focus on what we do extremely well. This means we will not be all things to all clients, but that they will place a high value on their relationship with Davis Wright.